Please note: A new, updated version of this report has been accepted by and will be published as an article in the
Harvard Environmental Law Review. A link to the new article will be made available here when it is completed.
This Environmental Law Institute report recommends that large-scale commodity crop operations that opt to receive any form of federal farm subsidy, including subsidized crop insurance, be assigned responsibility for: putting in place basic measures to reduce water pollution from fertilizer runoff; and disclosing information to the public about the quantity, type, and timing of fertilizers they apply. Runoff from the...
